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Early Greek philosophy — John Burnet

Early Greek philosophy

John Burnet

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 392 pages

"Early Greek Philosophy" by John Burnet is a collection of essays on the pre-Socratic thinkers. It follows their attempts to explain nature, the cosmos, and being, drawing on surviving fragments and testimonies. It is worth listening to as an accessible introduction to the beginnings of Western philosophical thought.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  3. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER I THE MILESIAN SCHOOL
  7. CHAPTER II SCIENCE AND RELIGION
  8. CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS
  9. CHAPTER IV PARMENIDES OF ELEA
  10. CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS
  11. CHAPTER VI ANAXAGORAS OF KLAZOMENAI
  12. CHAPTER VII THE PYTHAGOREANS
  13. CHAPTER VIII THE YOUNGER ELEATICS
  14. CHAPTER IX LEUKIPPOS OF MILETOS
  15. CHAPTER X ECLECTICISM AND REACTION
  16. APPENDIX THE SOURCES
  17. INDEXES
  18. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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